Today is national Love Your Body Day

The website (from NOW) has great info on health issues, body image, ways to raise awareness, advocacy tools, etc.

I'm in a spiritual practices group, and this month we're talking about our bodies. We're developing spiritual practices to fuel their health and well-being. (Then each of the next 8 months we'll focus on other parts of our lives--mind, emotions, soul, spirit, sex, relationships, Earth, etc--in a holistic, integrated approach.) This week's discussion helped me realize that my body gives me amazing gifts every day, and I need to thank it. Check out this meditation for reflecting on gifts that your body gives you.

Spiritual practices I'm considering for my own body include:
- regular exercise (dancing, cycling, hiking, weightlifting)
- eating more whole foods
- drinking less alcohol (and more water)
- allowing myself to cry and feel grief as my body needs to.

I haven't created a plan yet, but I'm getting there. Generally though, it means just plain loving my body and actively caring for it.

Do you love your body?
All of it? Just certain parts?
How do you love your body and care for it?


(with thanks to katie and carrie)